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[News] Windows Malware Persists and Goes Under Radar Even After 3 Years

Bagle still the malware boss

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| Three years on and email worm still going strong
| 
| [...]
| 
| Moreover, each variant is distributed in very small quantities
| or instances. Since an antivirus vendor must be aware of a malware
| sample in order to analyse it, distribution in low numbers often
| enables Bagle to "fly below the radar" of traditional
| antivirus engines.
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http://www.itweek.co.uk/vnunet/news/2185116/bagle-malware-boss


Related:

Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net

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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/


Vista still vulnerable

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| Vulnerabilities in Windows Vista will plague users in coming months
| and years, a prominent security researcher warns, despite its
| security improvements over predecessor XP.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/vista-still-vulnerable/2007/02/26/1172338546822.html
http://tinyurl.com/2o82lf

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